Improvement in bed-bottoms



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P. C. HARD.

BED-BOTTOM.

No.174.Z31 5.

Patented. Feb. 29,1876.

WITNESSES.

ATTURNEY.

NJPETERS PHOTO-UTHOGRA PHER, WASQINGTON. D. C.

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P.- c. HARD. BED-BOTTOM.

Patented FeB.29,1876.

No 171L236.

WITNESSES:

INVENTEIR! F'EFx' r ATTEJRNEY N-PLTERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTYON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PULASKI c. HARD, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

S ecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,286, dated February 29, 1876; application filed I l January 6, 1876.

To all whom itmay concern.

l Be it known that I, PULASKI Ci. HARD, of Wadsworth, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed=Bottoms, of which the following is a specification This invention is an improvement upon the bed-bottom for which Letters Patent N 0. 6,436, were re-issued to me on the 18th day of May, 1875 and consists of the parts described, as follows:

In the drawing, forming part of this specification-Figure 1 shows a top view of a section of a bed-bottom having my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of spring, with slat broken away to show the lower part of spring. I

A is a spring-brace, which, if desired, may

. be formed as a continuation ofthe wire of which the spring B is composed, which spring B may be either a'single or double cone. The said spring-brace A, after making aloop at a, passesdown, makinga coil of two or three turns at about the middle of its length, as seen at b, whence it continues to the lower end of the spring, and is there secured to said lower end by being turned into an offset either above or below the slat to which .the spring is secured. The said offset formedon the lower end of the brace A is not rigidly secured, but is allowed room to rise and fall with the elevation or depression of the springs B, by which arrangement the braces A' are prevented from bulging outwardly at their sides when the'springs B are depressed' Through the coils b, a rod, G, is passed, which extends from near the head to near the foot of the bedstead on each side. By the use of these spring-braces A and the rods 0 at the sides of the bedstead, as clearly seen in the drawing, the springs to which the said braces are attached are made more rigid and strong, while still preserving sufficient elasticity, and these outer rows of springs, thus of the rods is considered decidedly advantageo'us.

., Having thus fully described this improve-' ment in bed-bottoms, as of my invention, I claim.

1. In combination with a spirally-coiled spring, forming one of a series of springs for supporting a bed-bottom, a spring-brace, A,

said brace being centrally coiled and attached to the extremities of said spring, the whole operating substantially in the manner hereinbefore described, for the purposes set forth. 2. In combination with a series of spirallycoiled springs, forming an outer row of springs in'a bed-bottom, a series of spring-braces, A,

and arod, O, passing through the central coils of said braces, all in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described, for the purposes set forth. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as, my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' I PULASKI O. HARD.

Witnesses: I

THOS. W. BROWNING, JOHN A. ULARK. 

